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I have always had trouble with my feet because the skin would be so dry and I would get those splits all over, In working out they would get bigger and bleed, much like the splits you get on your hands, thumbs etc. I started soaking my feet in warm water with baby oil in it. Even though it made the skin softer, it did not make my feet less tough. It also took care of the splits. Worked for me.
Bill B.

<<More comfortable. The Disciplines "fit" is better then the Pinetree.

DO you mean a wider show box? Or something else?

<<Sturdy. The Disciplines offer more support than the Pinetree.

Uses a double arch system? Or some type of an arch? If, if I remember rightly, a summary lack of arches were the one drawback on the Pinetree shoes? These disciplines have the "side arch" which most sneakers possess? Are there other arches? (NOTE: I'm going to run out of ~shoe vocabulaty~ really fast, hope my thoughts/questions are coherent thus far...?)

<<4. "Tread" design is superior. Feels like you are in your bare feet.

TRACTION ?!?!?! Wow.... I am a big fan of having traction. Been contemplating some type of wrestling shoe, but the ones I've tried never have sufficent traction for my tastes anyway...

Appreciate your responses to my questions... thank you!

Jeff

Sincerely,

Jeff
~Self-Defense~: Learning how to get out of one's own way! Kara-te: Learning how to smile in the face of all things...

<<More comfortable. The Disciplines "fit" is better then the Pinetree.

DO you mean a wider show box? Or something else?

The Pinetrees material didn't dry the way the Disciplines do. My feet sweat a lot wearing any shoe during a workout. The Pinetrees dried stiff and the stitches rotted out after a relatively short time. The soles separated as well.

Comfort: I don't know what you mean be "show box". By comfort I simply mean that wearing them felt good. The material didn't stretch out or pinch at the ankles.

<< The Pinetrees material didn't dry the way the Disciplines do. My feet sweat a lot wearing any shoe during a workout.

Understood. Bottoms of my feet sweat frequently, shoed or not.

<<Comfort: I don't know what you mean be "show box".

I am sorry.

Shoebox in a normal shoe refers (I believe) to the portion of the shoe from mid-foot forward to the ends of the toes. Specifically I believe it refers to wherether or not the toes are too squished (ie in a dress shoe) or if they possess the correct amount of room...

In my case I tend to need a wider shoe/shoebox to be comfortable.

<<The material didn't stretch out or pinch at the ankles.

Excellent. I was hoping some others might pop-in on this topic, given there are MANY folks now wearing such shoes. No matter, I appreciate your time & efforts re: these shoes,

Look forward to your response when time allows,

Jeff

Sincerely,

Jeff
~Self-Defense~: Learning how to get out of one's own way! Kara-te: Learning how to smile in the face of all things...